Andra Deane (10M) and Rebecca Haley (10M) spoke on “Food Glorious Food – Why Waste It?” They both were highly commended for excellent speeches and Andra, as winner of the North Down Borough Council heat, will now compete in the final on 10 March. 2015. Congratulations to both girls who certainly gave us food for thought!

Congratulations to the 1st XI Girls hockey team who will play in the School’s Cup Final on Wednesday 4 March 2015. The support at the semi-final was huge; few of our players had experienced such big crowds at a hockey match before so this was a new experience for most of us. Crowds from both Sullivan and Friends’ lined the outside of the pitch while we were warming up, and began chanting loudly. As the game began we held possession well and had a few chances in the Friends’ circle for an early lead. Friends’ soon warmed up to the game however, and with some strong play built up in midfield they were putting dangerous pressure on us defensively. A short corner from Friends’ gave them a good chance at taking the lead but a great save by our goal keeper Jenny Beattie kept us equal. Another penalty corner came minutes later however and this time we weren’t so lucky- Friends’ took the lead in the fouteenth minute after a great strike. This lead was held for only seconds however, as Zara Malseed took our passback and ran straight for the Friends’ goal, beating numerous players and finishing her run with strong strike, scoring an incredible individual goal. This dramatic equaliser was followed by end-to-end play from both teams, both trying desperately to take the lead. A fast paced counter attack from Friends’ resulted in a two-versus-one against our goal keeper and led to a well-worked goal from Friends’, giving them a 2-1 lead late in the second half. This put us behind for the second time in this half and our morale began to drop. At half time, words from our coaches reminded us that we had the potential and opportunity to turn this match around, and we went into the second half with our heads high. In the first ten minutes of the second half, we had most attacking play, and continuous pressure on the Friends’ defence eve Friends’ responded with dangerous attacking play and with pressure on our defence this led to a nail-biting finish. The final whistle marked the end of a tense match, leaving us the overjoyed winners. We now progress into the final of the Belfast Telegraph Schools Cup against Banbridge, again at Lisnagarvey on 4 March. Caitlin Young

Congratulations to Matthew Crookshanks (Y12) and Tom Robson (Y11) on their selection for the Irish U16 Hockey panel.

Sullivan Boys XI boys hockey team played Kilkeel High School a home tie at Comber Leisure Centre in the 1st Round of the Burney Cup, on Thursday afterno Sullivan started well and with pace taking a 2 nil lead. With Sullivan in control of the game Kilkeel managed a quick break and scored. This was a wake up call for Sullivan and from then on it was one way traffic. Halftime Sullivan were leading 4 – 1 The second half was much of the same with Sullivan making Kilkeel work and then taking their chances on goal. Final Score Sullivan 10 – Kilkeel 1 Scorers C Robson (5), M Crookshanks (2), J Matchett (2) and R Watts The Squad were M Crookshanks (C), M McCone, R Watts, P McDonnell, C Robson, B Cree, A McAllister, F Gibson, C Carson, R Hancock, S Hodgson, W Booker, J Matchett, E Patterson, R Wolseley and J Preece

Holywood pupils quiz rugby legends at Ulster Bank’s RBS 6 Nations Trophy Tour Ulster Bank brought the RBS 6 Nations Trophy and Triple Crown to Sullivan Upper School Holywood today (10 February 2015) where enthusiastic fans quizzed rugby heroes Stephen Ferris and Chris Henry on Ireland’s progress. Enjoying the preview of the new RBS 6 Nations trophy are 1st XV and Medallion captains Max Clarke and Adam McKenna along with their coach and former Ireland international Willie Anderson. Highlights of the two-day NI leg of the Trophy Tour include a visit to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, a trip to Ballymena Academy and Queen’s students union, rugby clubs Instonians and Ballynahinch. Ulster Bank’s RBS 6 Nations Trophy Tour is a 5 day action packed event visiting 12 Northern Ireland venues across Belfast, Holywood, Ballynahinch, Ballymena and Derry-Londonderry. Having started in Dublin it then continues to Sligo, Galway, Limerick and Shannon. Ulster Bank is official community rugby partner to the IRFU which includes sponsorship of the Ulster Bank League and Awards, and the Club International. Local clubs are the focus of Ulster Bank Rugby Force an initiative which helps improve facilities and encourages local people to get involved with their local clubs. Photo by Aaron McCracken/Harrisons

The 2A squad after their 1-0 win against Friends in the quarter final of the McDowell Cup on Friday. They now meet Down High School in the semi-finals.

Molly will exhibit her work at the Arts Society of Ulster’s Annual Exhibition.

The 1st XI girls celebrate their 5-0 victory over Dalriada in the quarter-final of the Schools Cup. On the day of the match we had lots of support which added pressure for some, and pushed others on- encouraging them to play well. The game started out fairly evenly, with impressive play from both sides. However,We went 1-0 early on from a well-executed short corner, with the goal coming from our captain Zara Malseed.  Two more goals followed from Zara later on in the first half, giving us a comfortable 3-0 lead going into half time. From what we had heard about from other teams about Dalriada, we knew they were a strong team who would fight until the very end, so we knew we couldn’t let standards slip in the second half, despite our 3 goal lead. We started the second half with the same fast pace and intensity we had played with in the first, dominating the play early and holding on to possession. Two goals from Katharine Hill shortly followed; a great strike from a short corner and later a goal from open play. Dalriada were a good opposition and kept testing us until the final whistle, with a number of good runs that were well handled by our defence. As the final whistle blew it settled in that we had just won the quarter final of the schools cup, a very convincing 5-0 victory. Everyone was ecstatic that the work we had all put in up to this point had paid off. We have now earned a place in the semi-final against Friends School Lisburn, for the first time for all of us in this competition, and we plan to fight hard to earn our place in the final. Caitlin Young Katharine Hill

Sullivan Fencing Success On Saturday 17 January 2015 the 3rd round of the NI Junior Foil Series was held in the Sullivan Upper sports hall. The NIJFS is a series of 6 junior fencing competitions held every year from November to April, with fencers from school and independent clubs from all over Ireland competing in U10, U12, U14 and U16 age groups. Sullivan Upper Fencing Club had a total of 15 entrants on Saturday, five of whom were from the newly formed Prep section of the club. Summary of Saturday’s results U10s No SU entrants in this age group. U12 Girls Year 8 pupil Anna Vaughan continued her dominance in this category with her 3rd consecutive gold medal, having also won at rounds 1 and 2. However the SU performance of the day probably should go to Prep fencer Maia Lane, who on her very first competition, fought her way through quarter and semi-finals to face Anna in the final, taking a well-earned silver medal. Another Prep fencer, Sophie Fetherston also put in a brave performance in her first competition to finish 7th. U12 Boys Conn Finnegan (year 8) put in a strong performance to improve on his previous two 6th places to win bronze this time, taking him up one place in the points rankings to 4th overall. Three Prep fencers, Evan Wise, Nicholas Kenna and Benjamin Griffiths, all had their first fencing competition experience at this event. All three had at least one poule fight win before going into the knock-out stage, where Evan won another fight to reach the quarter finals and finish 7th. Nicholas and Benjamin finished 9th and 10th. U14 Girls There were two SU representatives in this category, year 9 pupils Erin Maginn and Phoebe McPherson. Erin took her 2nd consecutive silver medal to hold 2nd place in the overall points rankings, while a fast improving Phoebe bettered her previous 6th and 7th places by winning bronze to secure 5th place in the points. U14 Boys No SU entrants in this age group. U16 Girls This category is dominated by Sullivan, with the top 3 current points ranking places before Saturday all being held by SU fencers, i.e. 1st Emily Maginn, 2nd Ella Reid and 3rd Iona O’Neill. Saturday’s results changed these positions slightly as Emily won gold, Iona silver and Rachel Smyth bronze, meaning that Emily remains no.1, but Iona moves up to no.2 and Ella down to no.3. On Saturday Ella finished 5th, while Emily Smyth was 6th and Katie Ireland 7th. U16 Boys No SU entrants in this age group. David White SUFC Coach 19 January 2015 Anna 1st, Maia 2nd U12 Girls Conn 3rd U12 Boys Erin 2nd, Phoebe 3rd U14 Girls Emily 1st, Iona 2nd, Rachel 3rd U16 Girls

Microsoft Download We are delighted to announce that, on the basis of C2K’s licence agreement with Microsoft, all students and staff can now download Microsoft Office free of charge. This will be of great benefit to many pupils as they will be able to work on documents easily at home and in school using the same software. Download Mirosoft Office Instructions

The 1st XI squad after their impressive 5-1 win over one of the Schools’ Cup favourites, Armagh Royal. The girls played Armagh in the 3rd Round at Civil Service the Saturday before Christmas. They stamped their authority on the game right from the first whistle and were 1-0 up in the first 45 secs with a great individual goal from Zara Malseed. They had doubled their lead within 3 mins following an impressive break which was neatly finished by Laura McCaw. The girls went 3-0 up just before half time with a well worked penalty corner, buried in the net by Katharine Hill. The girls continued to look dangerous on the break and although Armagh did enjoy a considerable amount of possession they never threatened the goal directly. Zara Malseed added two more well taken goals after some great build up play to really seal the victory. Armagh continued to battle and were awarded a consolation goal right on the final whistle, scoring from a penalty corner. Congratulations to all the squad, they now face Dalriada in the quarter finals on Sat 31 January 2015.  The team are sponsored by the Belfast Telegraph and we thank them for their support.